Feature Request: Mutli Checkbox/Radio Support.

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In addition to Select, create an interface that uses multiple checkboxes for 
multi-select and radio buttons for single-select as an alternative to the drop 
down / select / option menu.  

For lookups with millions of results this might not be appropriate, but for 
lookups with only 1-4 entries, this increases usability (although admittedly 
potentially creates a layout nightmare).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by vep....@gmail.com on 11 Mar 2011 at 6:49

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Can you give me a quick scenario where this would be useful?  The grid to me is 
more of a list of data unrelated to eachother other than their parent.

Original comment by Seancla...@gmail.com on 14 Mar 2011 at 4:37

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Hey, this email address was down for a bit, so sorry for the late reply.  Grats 
on 1.4 btw, I'm going to try it out shortly.

Re: Multi Checkbox/Radio Support ---> Well the specific utility of using a 
group of checkboxes or radio buttons is usability.

When you select items from a drop down menu, it's a click, hold, 
mouseover/drag, select operation for one entry.

For multi-select menus where you are attempting to create a one-to-many 
scenario, you have to know to hold down a CTRL- or SHIFT- modifier.  Even 
though it's a relatively common usage convention, it's not intuitive or an 
efficient use of clicks.

For short lists, a well organized set of radio buttons or drop downs present 
the information in a more accessible manner.  This obviously depends on the 
information and styling, but ultimately, it's merely a statement that says, 
DROP DOWN select is not the only way to present a lookup list of choices.  A 
grouped set of checkboxes or radio buttons accomplishes that goal as well, with 
less clicking, and less eyeball strain (because the choices are all visible at 
once).

Your mileage will vary of course.  A list of 1000 choices is not a good 
candidate for either selection mode without some form of categorization.

Original comment by vep....@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2011 at 7:50

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I see what you mean, you mean 1 field has many options not that 2 rows have 
related checkbox data.
Sooo the solution to that is subgrids.  You don't want to have 1 to many 
relationships in each row. But sub grids will allow that, and much more 
flexibility.  You can have multiple subgrids per row. This is a grid 2.0 
feature, and is requested by some corporate clients, but that will solve both 
of these situations.  

Original comment by Seancla...@gmail.com on 31 Mar 2011 at 2:54

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Original comment by Seancla...@gmail.com on 4 Apr 2011 at 5:28

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